Fox You have a virgin 5.0
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Nicer looking header (ceramic coated)
Cleaned up explorer intake and throttle body
Bump the timing up a little
355 gear
Enjoy the drive.
Cleaned up explorer intake and throttle body
Bump the timing up a little
355 gear
Enjoy the drive.
Leave it stock, dedicate time/money to preserving it using all original/NOS parts
stock as in showroom stock.
I bought my car 100% stock 23 years ago with ~ 45K miles. If I could go back in time I would have left it alone. However...I do enjoy the modded version so maybe it's for the best
stock as in showroom stock.
I bought my car 100% stock 23 years ago with ~ 45K miles. If I could go back in time I would have left it alone. However...I do enjoy the modded version so maybe it's for the best
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HemiRick
I'd be looking at jacking under the house
I just got a 91 GT thats completely stock except for headlights and Cervini hood w only 84K I'm keeping it stock, modified ones are a dime a dozen. I have an 89 too and plan on keeping it forever and it has and will further modded. I have and will keep all the 89's stock parts.
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Steel1
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The vert I picked up +/-5 years ago is also completely stock. So far, the plan is:
(already purchased for cheap)
GT40 intake
B cam
Shorties
2-1/2" X pipe
3.55's
sfc
(what's left aside from labor and bodywork/paint)
heads
new clutch
T5 rebuild
brakes
possible chassis and suspension upgrades
It was originally going to be a donor car for another project, but since that project is gone I'm going to build it for myself.
(already purchased for cheap)
GT40 intake
B cam
Shorties
2-1/2" X pipe
3.55's
sfc
(what's left aside from labor and bodywork/paint)
heads
new clutch
T5 rebuild
brakes
possible chassis and suspension upgrades
It was originally going to be a donor car for another project, but since that project is gone I'm going to build it for myself.
Cheapskate207
The left one hangs a little lower
It would depend on if I had my current car. If that was the case, I would leave the new one stock, If I did not have my current car, and the virgin was my only one, I would likely modify it.
Cheapskate207
The left one hangs a little lower
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When I bought my latest Mustang in 2017, it was a 109k, completely stock other than headers, X-pipe and Flowmasters. It still had the airbox silencer, distributor cover, coil cover and quad shocks. In the last few years, I've replaced all the old worn out suspension and brakes, added subframe connectors, replaced the suspect T-5 that was in it with a brand new Ford Racing Z trans and added 3.73's, along with a major tune up. Other than that it is stock. I am torn about adding an HCI combo. We'll see. I don't have a problem upgrading the car, but it has to be done using quality parts. NOS/Ford parts as mentioned above. Oh, I did a complete teardown, did the minor body work it needed and had my painter refinish it. 
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HCI car or maybe just an upper lower explorer intake . Save ALL the stock stuff in a bin .
Short shifter ,minor suspension , exhaust , gears, 15x9 10 holes and enjoy .
something like this .
Short shifter ,minor suspension , exhaust , gears, 15x9 10 holes and enjoy .
something like this .
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Stock, damn stock, so stock even yo mama would know it's stock.
Then put it under a car cover, on jackstands, in the garage and let it appreciate.
(Okay, so I'm kidding about that last part.)
Then put it under a car cover, on jackstands, in the garage and let it appreciate.
(Okay, so I'm kidding about that last part.)
Nice to see similar feedback of my own thinking.
The silver car I bought has all the EGR/Evap stuff, factory cats. It is a driver tho, non factory paint so keeping NOS compliant isnt necessary going to reflect a non original paint car.....it was a Calypso .
When the clutch went out, my wife was like there is your excuse to mod away.
Meanwhile I’m like way, at most it needs shocks and a tune up.
Like most of us, I have cams, sets of heads, a few gt40 intakes collecting dust, but only if something breaks that warrants the change.
The silver car I bought has all the EGR/Evap stuff, factory cats. It is a driver tho, non factory paint so keeping NOS compliant isnt necessary going to reflect a non original paint car.....it was a Calypso .
When the clutch went out, my wife was like there is your excuse to mod away.
Meanwhile I’m like way, at most it needs shocks and a tune up.
Like most of us, I have cams, sets of heads, a few gt40 intakes collecting dust, but only if something breaks that warrants the change.
If I were to actually buy a very clean, lightly modded foxbody, I would probably make an effort to demodify it and return it to stock. This is actually part of my plan as I seek out some sort of Fox/Sn95 to purchase after my car is finished. I doubt i'll find a stocker, but if I found one with bolt-ons, I might be crazy enough to return it to stock. A no-brainer if the car is something like a Fox Saleen, or a '93 Cobra, however I actually think if I found an LX convertible with a 93 cobra intake on it, that I would put the HO intake back on.
The nice thing about my current fox is that I know i'm never going to sell it. It's been 23 years, and the sentimental attachment pretty much mean it's mine forever, so it stops me from thinking about what mods I should or shouldn't do. It's freedom of sorts and I could care less about perceived value of the car, although it's flattering in a way when I used to get people try and make offers on it when I went out for a drive. However, buying a collectable fox like a 93 Cobra, I could see myself selling that as values appreciate, especially if it gets to the point where they become a $100K car like a Boss 429. I feel in that case, I couldn't modify it, and needed to locate NOS parts for it. I would also feel bad driving the thing.
I remember when these things were a dime a dozen. You could get 50-75K mile examples in near stock condition for $5-6K. A driver was a $1500-2K car that didn't need much other than paint and some interior trim. Parts cars/rollers were $500-1000. You could drive down the road and see at lease one on every used car lot. I spent my teenage years drooling over $7-8K 90-93GT's with 50K miles, and had to "settle" for my "cheap" $4500 LX with ~45K miles on it. Now I find a 93 Cobra for sale for $25K and think to myself...maybe I should buy this?
The nice thing about my current fox is that I know i'm never going to sell it. It's been 23 years, and the sentimental attachment pretty much mean it's mine forever, so it stops me from thinking about what mods I should or shouldn't do. It's freedom of sorts and I could care less about perceived value of the car, although it's flattering in a way when I used to get people try and make offers on it when I went out for a drive. However, buying a collectable fox like a 93 Cobra, I could see myself selling that as values appreciate, especially if it gets to the point where they become a $100K car like a Boss 429. I feel in that case, I couldn't modify it, and needed to locate NOS parts for it. I would also feel bad driving the thing.
I remember when these things were a dime a dozen. You could get 50-75K mile examples in near stock condition for $5-6K. A driver was a $1500-2K car that didn't need much other than paint and some interior trim. Parts cars/rollers were $500-1000. You could drive down the road and see at lease one on every used car lot. I spent my teenage years drooling over $7-8K 90-93GT's with 50K miles, and had to "settle" for my "cheap" $4500 LX with ~45K miles on it. Now I find a 93 Cobra for sale for $25K and think to myself...maybe I should buy this?
See there’s two guys local that buy up all the coupes.
Most are modified original 5.0 coupes, they pull everything and return it to stock. Sell it for more as “original”.
Then they take the parts and either sell them like big ticket items like the Blowers/Trickflow heads/ stroker motors
Or use the left overs for their converted 4 cylinder builds to incentivize the buy.
I think SFC's are a no penalty mod, but would prefer weld-on vs bolt on. You can grind the welds off or fill in the drilled holes, so it's not 100% permanent.
Unless the car is a 100 mile halo car like a Cobra R, I wouldn't penalize if I was buying a 30K mile 100% stock coupe that had a pair of SFC's welded on.
That does sound like a sound plan, and while i'm sure I could do something similar, I lack the time.
Where I live, there's a guy who buys 03-04 cobras and parts them out. Perfectly good running cars with no issues. He'll sell the drivetrains, seats, body panels, wiring, etc and claims he makes significantly more than the purchase price of the car. I've watched him kill 5-10 perfectly fine Cobras like this.....
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